Company

Company Name
Kamakura Koki Co.
CEO
Toshiya Kamakura
Head Office
1-15-17, Nishiki-cho, Warabi city, Saitama, 335-0005, Japan
Share capital
48 million yen
Establishment
January 1950
Number of employees
195 (total number of employees in Japan)
 
Domestic
Meiwa Plant
1087, Yajima, Meiwa-machi, Oaza, Ora-gun, 370-0712, Gunma
Kamakura Hanamaki
70-1, Bungo, Kamineko, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate, 025-0043, Japan
 
Overseas
KAMA-TECH CORPORATION
3451 Main Street, #109 Chula Vista, CA.91911 U.S.A
Kamakura Optical (Dong Guan) Co.
First Industrial Zone #523932, South Fence, Humen Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China
KAMA-TECH (HK)
Suite 4, 9/f, Tower 3, China Hong Kong City, 33 Canton Road, TST, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Our History

1950Establishment of Kamakura Koki Co.
1953 Began manufacturing binoculars.
1963 Moved headquarters and factory from Kita-ku, Tokyo to Tsukagoshi, Warabi city, Saitama and expanded operations.
1965 Developed wide-view binoculars and achieved mass production.
1972 New factory established in Nishiki-cho, Warabi city, Saitama.
1974 First focus mechanism developed.
1978 Meiwa Plant established in Meiwa-machi, Ora-gun, Gunma.
1982 Insta-zoom and spotting scope (compact type) developed.
1984 Received investment from Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co. capitalized at 48 million yen.
1985 New head office building and expansion of head office and Meiwa Plant.
1987 Established KAMA-TECH CORP. in San Diego, USA, and started production and after-sales service of waterproof binoculars.
1990 KAMA-TECH (HK) was established in Hong Kong. Consignment production of binoculars begins in Conrida, Guangzhou, China.
1992 Developed and sold auto-focus binoculars equipped with electronic circuits.
1992 Received Good Design Award and Special Award from the Director-General of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency.
1994 Kamakura Optical (Dong Guan) Co. Started integrated production.
1999 Received Good Design Award and Special Award from the Director-General of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency.
2003 Capital participation in Laser Technology, Inc. in USA.
2004 Selected as one of the "300 Vigorous Manufacturing Companies" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
2004 Received Nikkan Kogyo's "International Contribution Award".
2014 Started development of anti-vibration technology (image stabilization) and patented as "Image Stabilization Device.
2015Launched monocular with anti-vibration mechanism.
2017 Begins sales of anti-vibration binoculars.
2021 Received the 33rd Small and Medium Business Excellence Award for New Technology and New Products in the General Category.
2021 New head office building established in Nishiki-cho, Warabi City, Saitama, Japan.